Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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The Fallbrook Public Utility District board awarded NMN Construction the FPUD contract for improvements to the Rattlesnake Reservoir site. The 5-0 vote Oct. 28 approved an $818,000 contract with NMN Construction, whose office is in Tustin. Rattlesnake Reservoir itself is in good condition, but the area around the tank is in need of significant improvements due to erosion and stormwater issues on the Olive Hill area site. Rattlesnake Reservoir was installed in the 1950s. The steel reservoir has a capacity of 3.5 million gallon...
The Bonsall Unified School District has renewed its music instruction services agreement with Kai Turley. A 5-0 BUSD board vote Oct. 16 approved a new independent contractor agreement with Turley for drumline learning enrichment courses. The agreement covers the 2024-25 school year from Aug. 14 to June 8, and Turley will be paid $14,400 for that period. “Extracurricular learning, such as our drumline classes, expose students to a variety of arts and activities to enhance the traditional core academics offered during the s...
The 25 mph speed limit on Flowerwood Lane between Knottwood Way and Gird Road will be retained. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote Oct. 9 approved the first reading and introduction of the ordinance to retain the speed limit for the 1.35-mile segment and to recertify the speed limit for radar enforcement. The supervisors voted 4-0 Oct. 23 with Joel Anderson absent to approve the second reading and adoption. In order for a speed limit to be enforceable by radar, a speed survey must show that the speed limit is wi...
Although a first-round CIF Division V-A playoff loss gave Fallbrook High School’s football team a season record of 0-11 for the 2024 season, the 34‑33 score Nov. 8 at Fallbrook was the closest the Warriors were all year to winning a game. “I did expect it to be a close game,” said Fallbrook head coach Ross Johnson. “Both teams had some pretty good offensive weapons.” The 242 rushing yards Monte Vista senior Alexander Villanueva gained against Fallbrook brought his season total to 2,104 in 11 games. “They had the leading runni...
The 2024 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club fall meet began Oct. 31, and during the first week of the meet, San Luis Rey Training Center trainers Rolando Quinonez and Peter Miller each saddled two winners. Quinonez and Miller each had a winner on the first day of the meet. Quinonez won the fourth race Oct. 31 with Everything Bugs Me while Miller’s win that day was in the sixth race with Game Warrior. Tisquantum won the first race Nov. 2 to give Quinonez wins in both of his starts the first week of the fall meet. Spirit Rules won the s...
In March the CIF San Diego Section Board of Managers approved a change in the football playoff format in which there are no set divisions other than Division V-AA and eight-man. The top 64 teams receive playoff berths with the playoff divisions being based on rankings which utilize strength of schedule as well as win-loss record. Fallbrook High School lost all ten football games during the 2024 regular season including a 35-14 home contest November 1 against Ramona to...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of speed limits on Little Gopher Canyon Road and Old River Road. A 5-0 vote Oct. 9 approved the first reading and introduction of the ordinances to establish the speed limits and a 4-0 vote Oct. 23, with Joel Anderson absent, approved the second reading and adoption. Once the speed limits become enforceable Nov. 22, Little Gopher Canyon Road between Gopher Canyon Road and Old River Road will have a 30 mph speed limit and Old River Road between State Route...
Although Fallbrook High School’s girls tennis team finished third in the 2024 Valley League standings, the Warriors handed league champion El Camino the Wildcats’ only league loss. Fallbrook and El Camino split their league matches, and the Wildcats won the league title with a 9-1 record in Valley League dual match play. El Camino defeated Valley Center in both matches between those teams while the Jaguars defeated Fallbrook twice and finished with an 8-2 league record. The two losses to Valley Center and the split with El...
Fallbrook High School boys basketball coach Jonathan Terry also has the Blue Wave club, and the high school boys participated in a fall league. For Terry, success wasn’t a matter of the win-loss record in the fall league but of preparing the players for the CIF season. “We did good,” Terry said. The fall league began Sept. 9 and concluded Oct. 20. “It’s about development, competition,” Terry said. “We played higher-level competition.” The 2023-24 Warriors had an overall record of 14-15 including CIF playoff results. Fallbrook...
Questions about the most recent plans for the Peppertree Park development caused the Fallbrook Community Planning Group to continue the hearing. Information about the current plans for Unit 7 and Unit 8 was presented at the Oct. 21 planning group meeting before the nine planning group members present that night approved continuing the hearing to the Nov. 18 meeting. “There were lots of questions that were not answered, mostly regarding traffic,” said planning group first vice-chair Stephani Baxter, who chaired the Oct. 21...
A presentation on two senior housing projects planned for Fallbrook was given at the Oct. 21 Fallbrook Community Planning Group meeting, and the planning group members expressed their concerns about parking and demand on emergency services. “The number one concern was parking. The number two concern was the size,” said planning group first vice-chair Stephani Baxter, who chaired the Oct. 21 meeting in the absence of planning group chair Eileen Delaney. The input was in response to an informational presentation and was not...
The various legal actions involving the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Santa Margarita Watershed include allocated runoff from Lake Skinner in Temecula. A lack of recent runoff warrants a hydrologic review, and the Oct. 28 FPUD board meeting included awarding a contract for a hydrology study and conceptual runoff model. The 5-0 vote authorized FPUD General Manager Jack Bebee to sign an agreement with Stetson Engineers to perform the hydrology study and conceptual runoff model for Lake Skinner which will study the l...
Don McDougal has been on the Fallbrook Public Utility District board since 2004 and did not file for re-election this year. No other resident of Subdistrict 4 filed for the seat, so the vacancy will be filled by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. McDougal has agreed to remain on the board, and the rest of the FPUD board members recommended that he be appointed to fill the vacancy. The 4-0 board vote Oct. 28, with McDougal recusing himself, approved a letter to the Board of Supervisors recommending that McDougal be...
The Fallbrook Community Planning Group addressed proposed battery energy storage facilities during the Oct. 21 planning group meeting and approved a resolution calling for restrictions on where such systems can be placed. Six members were absent from the planning group meeting that night while the other nine members voted to support the resolution. Letters accompanying the resolution will be sent to relevant government agencies. The resolution requests that battery energy storage system facilities not be placed near...
The Fallbrook Public Utility District board allocated $821,166 of Community Benefits Program funding during FPUD’s October 28 board meeting. “We were able to fund some great projects for the community,” said FPUD board vice-president Don McDougal. FPUD has a Community Benefits Program Committee which reviews requests for awards and makes recommendations. The board voted 5-0 to approve the allocations recommended by the committee, to direct the committee to finalize contract terms for each of the projects using the contr...
The various legal actions involving the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Santa Margarita Watershed include allocated runoff from Lake Skinner in Temecula. A lack of recent runoff warrants a hydrologic review, and the October 28 FPUD board meeting included awarding a contract for a hydrology study and conceptual runoff model. The 5-0 vote authorized FPUD general manager Jack Bebee to sign an agreement with Stetson Engineers to perform the hydrology study and conceptual runoff model for Lake Skinner which will study...
The Vallecitos Elementary School boys and the Vikings girls both placed first at the October 24 Vallecitos Soccer Tournament. "I was very happy that we were able to take both boys and girls. Ecstatic about being able to do it two years in a row," said Vallecitos boys coach Ray Hanbeck. In the 2023 tournament the Vikings boys and Vallecitos girls took first place among six schools in each competition. The teams were divided into two pools; each team played each other team in th...
Maven Roofing Company will be repairing the leak on a Sullivan Middle School roof. The Bonsall Unified School District board voted 5-0 October 16 to approve a contract between Maven Roofing Company and the school district for the repairs. The Temecula company will be paid $59,827 for the work. “This is an agreement to provide necessary repairs to our aging facility,” said BUSD superintendent Heather Golly. An inspection determined that several areas of the school have been experiencing leaks which could create sig...
The county’s Planning Commission has recommended approval of an update to the Fallbrook Sub-Area Plan. A 4-0 vote September 20, with Doug Barnhart and Yolanda Calvo absent and one vacant seat, recommended that the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approve the new plan. The recommendation includes that the county supervisors rescind the existing Fallbrook design guidelines and approve the new Fallbrook Design Standards and a Streetscape Plan. The August 2011 update of the county’s general plan included an Env...
The Bonsall Unified School District board approved an agreement for training of the school district’s kitchen and child nutrition services staff. The 5-0 vote October 16 approved an agreement with Cheffy K & CA, LLC, for the training. The partners in Cheffy K & CA, LLC are Chef Kent Getzin and Chef Laura Bullene Jacobo. “BUSD is committed to supporting our staff by providing ongoing training opportunities to keep our services running as smoothly as possible,” said BUSD superintendent Heather Golly. Chef Laura is from Visal...
The Bonsall Unified School District board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Club of North County to provide intersession camps during school breaks and non-school days for BUSD students during the 2024-2025 school year. The board voted 5-0 October 16 to approve the MOU. The school district will pay the Boys and Girls Club $25 per enrolled student for each day although if the student is present five days in a week the cost will be $100 per student. “Programs like these provide safe, e...
The Vallecitos School District had not previously had a contract for monitoring and maintenance of the district’s septic system, but an Oct. 8 board vote approved a contract with McCarley Underground, Inc., for septic services. The board vote was 3-0 with Ritsa Chanthabandith absent due to a family emergency and one vacant seat. The initial agreement is for 12 months, and the agreement may be renewed every 12 months by school district request. “That will keep our systems running for many years to come,” said Vallecitos Schoo...
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California board awarded a procurement contract for a sleeve valve which will be installed at MWD’s Red Mountain Pressure Control Structure. The Oct. 8 board vote approved a $589,957 procurement contract with Vogt Valves, which is based in Texas, for the work. The amount includes California sales tax. The MWD portion of Pipeline 5 is approximately 18 miles long between Lake Skinner in Temecula and the delivery point where the San Diego County Water Authority takes over ownership a...
The Vallecitos School District board approved a winter roofing project for the district’s three permanent buildings. A 3-0 vote Oct. 8, with Ritsa Chanthabandith absent due to a family emergency and one vacant seat, approved a contract with A. Perman Roofing, Inc., to replace the roofs on the three buildings. The San Diego company submitted a base bid of $264,500 for the work. “I’m just excited to get the work done,” said Vallecitos School District Superintendent Meliton Sanchez, who is also the district’s Chief Business...
In the past, the Bonsall Unified School District has approved one-semester agreements with Rawhide Ranch for a veterinarian and animal science internship program for BUSD students in fourth through eighth grades. The Sept. 18 BUSD board meeting approved a two-semester agreement for the program. The 5-0 vote approves an agreement which will cover 10 Friday sessions from Sept. 20 to Nov. 22 and 10 Friday sessions from Jan. 31 to April 11. Each session will have 24 students and the school district will pay $32 per student per...
